Free Web NovelChapter 944: Xiao Chong Side Story 28
Three days before the college entrance exam, Lin Wanwan suddenly asked Xiao Chong for a pen. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
"What do you want this for?" Xiao Chong took out a pen and handed it to Lin Wanwan.
"To soak up some scholarly vibes." Lin Wanwan took it like it was a treasure, then said in a super superstitious tone, "I only found out today that all the stuff you left at school is gone already, all divided up by classmates. I want some too."
Xiao Chong: "..."
If he wasn’t worried that kissing her right now would make her completely lose her mental focus and 100% affect the exam, Xiao Chong really wanted to pull her into his arms, kiss her, and then tell her that this was the proper way to soak up scholarly vibes.
Three days later, after the exam ended, Xiao Chong waited outside the test centre, leaning slantwise against the car, one hand in his pocket, a baseball cap pulled low.
Lin Wanwan, in the standard school uniform of a white shirt and grey pleated skirt, stood out the moment she appeared outside the exam hall, like a crane in a flock of chickens.
Xiao Chong spotted her at a glance, and she also saw Xiao Chong at once, then ran toward him excitedly.
"I’m done with the exam." She stopped one meter in front of him, tilted her head up and smiled at him.
"Mm." Xiao Chong pulled open the car door. "Get in, I’m taking you out to celebrate." freёwebnoѵel.com
Lin Wanwan happily got into the car. Xiao Chong closed the door for her, then went to the driver’s seat. With his long arm he reached back and took out a grey gift box from the back seat. "Congratulations on your freedom."
Lin Wanwan froze for a second before taking it, then smiled. "Thank you."
She lowered her head and looked at the English word "ROSEONLY" on the box, and her face flushed. Did this mean "the love of a lifetime"?
She opened the box. Inside was a card in a matching color, with a line of tiny, clear, elegant regular script written on it: "Once you have seen the great seas, no other waters will do; apart from Mount Wu’s clouds, all other clouds are nothing."
This small regular script blended the strengths of many styles, the calligraphic skill extremely high, reaching the peak. Lin Wanwan also practiced brush calligraphy, but compared to what was in front of her, her writing was just scribbles.
"So it turns out your handwriting isn’t just good with a fountain pen, your brush calligraphy is this pretty too." Lin Wanwan praised him.
Xiao Chong chuckled. "You’re kind of missing the point."
Lin Wanwan fell silent, carefully admiring the writing for quite a while before she noticed the transparent glass box underneath.
The design was a bit like a gramophone, with a cluster of bright red roses in the center.
Lin Wanwan opened the glass lid and silently counted the roses in her heart. There were nineteen in total.
Thinking of the meaning of roses in the language of flowers, her face turned even redder.
Because she was shy, she kept her head down fiddling with the rose gramophone, and accidentally pushed the black pointer inward.
The warm light on the pointer shone onto the roses, and a clear, cool, low male voice rang out: "Step through my door of longing, and you’ll know how bitter my longing is. Long is my longing and long my remembering; short is my longing yet endless in measure. Wanwan, you said I’d be first in line—has the time come?"
After the recording, soothing music flowed out, and the atmosphere inside the car instantly turned romantic.
So this was a confession, right?
Lin Wanwan’s face burned like a flaming sunset, her whole body suddenly feeling awkward and at a loss. Luckily she had the rose gramophone in her hands to hold onto, to hide her restless heart with nowhere to go.
All of a sudden, Xiao Chong leaned closer, full of pressure, carrying his unique fresh woody scent.
Lin Wanwan couldn’t help but hold her breath and sit very still, but Xiao Chong only helped her pull the seatbelt across, fastening it with a "click," then gracefully retreated.
"So, has the time come?" Xiao Chong asked.
Lin Wanwan brushed back a lock of hair by her ear, said nothing, and her smile was both shy and sweet.
Seeing how bashful she was, the corner of Xiao Chong’s lips lifted slightly, and he stepped on the gas.
"If you don’t say anything, I’ll take it as a yes."
He’d finally waited for this day!
They parked the car in a downtown parking lot, and Xiao Chong held his hand out to Lin Wanwan, smiling at her. "May I?"
Lin Wanwan raised her arm and placed her small hand into his large one.
Xiao Chong naturally laced their fingers together, and the two of them walked into East Drum Road, eating snacks as their meal, walking and eating all the way.
In the end they went to the Riverside Park at the Three Rivers Confluence, just like that, hand in hand, walking forward step by step in the river breeze.
Xiao Chong’s heart was filled with joy; he even wanted to share it with every single person they passed by.
Maybe heaven heard his inner voice, because he actually ran into Lu Shouyue, who was out for a night run, coming straight toward them.
"Brother Lu, what a coincidence!" Xiao Chong raised his hand to greet him from a distance.
Lu Shouyue ran toward them through the night, glanced at their tightly clasped hands, and suddenly laughed. "Girlfriend who just finished the college entrance exam?"
Xiao Chong tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth. "Mm. Brother Lu, let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend, Lin Wanwan."
He paused, then said to Lin Wanwan, "Wanwan, this is Lu Shouyue, a friend I met last year. We really hit it off."
